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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — GeForce RTX 3060 outperforms the more expensive GeForce GTX 1080 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing GeForce RTX 3060 is 1691 days newer than the more expensive GeForce GTX 1080.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
- Performs up to 3% better in Lost Ark than GeForce GTX 1080 - 199 vs 194 FPS
- Up to 76% cheaper than GeForce GTX 1080 - £264.0 vs £1099.0
- Up to 77% better value when playing Lost Ark than GeForce GTX 1080 - £1.33 vs £5.66 per FPS
- Consumes up to 6% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 - 170 vs 180 Watts
- Up to 50% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 - 12 vs 8 GB
Lost Ark
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
FPS
199
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.33/FPS
100%
Price, £
£264
100%
FPS and Value Winner
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G OC Gaming Graphics Card - 12GB GDDR6, 1807 MHz, PCI Express Gen 4, 192-bit, 3x DP (v1.4), HDMI 2.1 (Supports 4K)
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MSI GeForce GTX 1080 AERO 8G OC. 2560 Cuda Core PCIE 3.0 8 GB GDDR5X 256-Bit Graphics Card - Black
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
GeForce GTX 1080
Desktop • May 27th, 2016
Theoretical Performance
GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
Pixel Fillrate
85.3 GPixel/s
76%
Texel Fillrate
199 GTexel/s
71%
GeForce GTX 1080
Desktop • May 27th, 2016
Pixel Fillrate
110.9 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
277.3 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 12th, 2021 | Release Date | May 27th, 2016 |
| GeForce 30 | Generation | GeForce 10 |
$329 | MSRP | $599 |
| 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| 1x 12-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
12 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
| GDDR6 | Type | GDDR5X |
| 192-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
360 GB/s | Bandwidth | 320.3 GB/s |
| 1320 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1607 MHz |
1777 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1733 MHz |
1875 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1251 MHz |
Builds Using GeForce RTX 3060 or GeForce GTX 1080
Lost Ark, 1920 x 1080, Very High
175 FPS
£6.65/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i9-11900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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175 FPS
£5.66/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i9-11900KF
16 GB, N/A Storage
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171 FPS
£4.27/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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£729.95
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197 FPS
£6.44/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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201 FPS
£10.06/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i9-14900F
64 GB, N/A Storage
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184 FPS
£6.87/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i9-12900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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168 FPS
£5.81/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-11700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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199 FPS
£7.8/FPS
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Core i9-13900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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171 FPS
£4.28/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£732
In Stock
150 FPS
£5.67/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-10700F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£849.95
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